A: That’s the basic argument. Jackie, do you agree that
murder is wrong?

Jackie: Yes, but I don’t think abortion is murder.

A: Why not?

Jackie: Because it’s just a fetus. A fetus is not a human being.
Actually, it’s just a tissue.

A: It’s not just a tissue. It has 46 human chromosomes, it’s
a male or a female, and it’s complete, meaning nothing else will be
added to it, just growth and development.

Jackie: It can’t breathe, it can’t talk, it can’t walk, and it
can’t live without the mother.

A: If I’m a mute, does it mean I’m not a human being?

Jackie: No.

A: What if I can’t walk?

Jackie: You’re still a human being. My point was that it can’t
live on its own and it cannot do the things we can do.

A: It’s the same thing when the baby is born. He is still
dependent on the mother. He depends on her to give him food, to be
cleaned, etc. We become less dependent when we grow. There are also
others such as the paralyzed that cannot live on their own. That doesn’t
mean it’s okay to murder them. When a baby depends on an incubator,
that doesn’t give us the right to murder him.

Jackie: But that thing is basically useless. You believe a zygote is
a human being, but a zygote doesn’t even have a brain, organs, or a
nervous system.

A: So? A zygote can grow into you. It can grow as an adult.

Jackie: Potentiality does not mean actuality.

A: But it can grow into it naturally. Only a human being can
grow into an adult human being. A fetal ape can’t grow into an adult
human being. Only a human being can. You have to be a human being to
have a brain, organ, and a nervous system. So it IS a human being. If it
were a human being, then killing it would be murder.

Jackie: So that’s it? You don’t care about what the mother feels?

A: I do. That’s why I am pro-life. Haven’t you heard of
testimonies of mothers after abortion? It basically kills them.

Jackie: What are you talking about?

A: Exactly. You don’t even know of mothers who have had
abortion that needs healing. They have emotional problems after
abortion. You don’t even know that abortion has a lot of side effects.

Jackie: Seriously, what are you talking about?

A: I’m talking about the side effects of abortion. You don’t
know these things because the media and schools don’t tell you.

Jackie: So you’re complaining about the media and schools?

A: Yes. I’m complaining with sufficient reasons. Schools are
made so that teachers actually TEACH you things. But what do they do?
They forget about morality. I know lots of teachers who would not even
let the class debate on abortion because she “feels” it’s
overdone. But she would not think condemning Hitler, rape, slavery, and
incest is overdone. What a total hypocrisy. And the media doesn’t even
want to show a picture of an aborted child, but would show any immoral
things they can find.

Kim: That’s an interesting view A, but we are supposed to
debate abortion itself.

A: We’re not done yet? I thought I already proved that
abortion is murder.

Jackie: No you haven’t. You “may” have proven that a zygote or
a fetus is a human being, but there are also other factors, such as a
woman’s privacy and right.

A: You mean a woman’s right to murder?

Jackie: No, a woman’s right to give birth. No one should force her
to give birth. It’s her body.

A: A woman forced herself into having birth. No one forced her
to have sex. And what we’re doing is condemning her because abortion
is murder. We are forcing her not to murder.

Jackie: It’s her body. She can do whatever she wants. The
government shouldn’t tell her what to do.

A: It’s my body, but the government tells me not to smoke
pot right? It’s my body but people tell me to stop drinking and
driving.

Jackie: First of all, drugs are another controversial issue. Second,
if you drink and drive, you affect other people. You might kill someone
else.

A: But that’s what abortion is. It murders a person. It also
affects other people, such as a pro-life father. It’s the father’s
baby too. He should have a say.

Jackie: It’s the woman’s body, not the father’s.

A: A zygote or a fetus is not the woman’s body. It’s an
entirely different person.

Jackie: It’s a different person according to you.

A: No, it’s a different person biologically, and
objectively. If it’s not a person, when does it become a person?

Jackie: When it’s born. When it doesn’t depend on the woman’s
body.

A: Okay, so when a doctor is doing a c-section, and cuts open
the stomach, that thing is not a person? It’s not a person until the
doctor actually picks up the child above the stomach and cuts the
umbilical cord?

Jackie: But that child is already fully-grown.

A: So? Abortion is legal even though it is 9 months old.

Jackie: Some may say that abortion is wrong when the baby is 7-9
months old. It may depend on age.

A: Can I murder a premature baby?

Jackie: No, because it’s already born.

A: So you’re basing your judgment on the location of the
baby? Do you know how stupid that sounds?

Jackie: Well, who gave you the right to impose your values on someone
else? What’s right for you is not right for someone else.

A: Can I murder your grandmother? To me, that’s not wrong.

Jackie: Okay, now who is sounding stupid?

A: You are. You are the one who says morality is subjective.
If morality is subjective, then you can’t condemn any actions,
including the holocaust. And we can debate on moral relativism, but I
can guarantee you that you won’t win that debate either.

Kim: No debating moral relativism today.

Jackie: A, it’s easy for you to condemn abortion. You are
not even a woman. You don’t know how it feels to be pregnant.

A: Do I need to be a slave or a slave owner in order to
condemn slavery? Of course not. The North condemned slavery when they
didn’t have slavery. The law back then also said that slavery was
okay. That black people were just property, but the North still
condemned it because they had a higher standard to condemn the Dred
Scott decision, which is the moral law. And I hold to the moral law,
that is, that murder is wrong; against the Roe vs Wade decision.

Jackie: What if abortion is the only choice of the mother?

A: What do you mean the only choice? If she doesn’t want the
child, she can give it up for adoption.

Jackie: Have you been in reality lately? Do you know how many foster
homes we have? Do you know how much unwanted children we have? How many
adoptions have you had?

A: That still does not give us the right to murder babies. It’s
just illogical to conclude that.

Jackie: What about in cases like rape or incest?

A: Is it still murder? Yes. Therefore it’s still wrong.

Jackie: How would you feel if someone in your family is forced to
have a child?

A: I might feel bad, but I don’t make my judgments from my
feelings. I would suggest adoption if she doesn’t want the child. It’s
better than murdering the baby.

Jackie: It’s only you that says it’s a baby for goodness sake.

A: If it’s not a baby, then what is it?

Jackie: Just a part of a mother’s body.

A: A person does not have 4 eyes, 4 ears, 2 noses, and 2
mouths. So if a baby is a boy, then the mother has a penis too? (Peter
Kreeft)

Jackie: Very funny.

A: Actually, it’s stupid. Your logic is terrible.

Kim: I think we exhausted this enough for today.

A: I disagree.

Kim: Well, we can debate this anytime. It’s just that I have to go.
Let me ask a question. Jackie, why is being Pro-Abortion, or Pro-Choice
important to you?

Jackie: Because if the government makes abortion illegal, the
government takes away the freedom of a woman. Every woman should stick
for each other. Every woman should have the right to do what is right
for her. Society has discriminated women enough. We should not
discriminate them again.

Kim: Okay. A, why is being Pro-Life important?

A: First, let me address some of what Jackie has said. First,
if society has discriminated against women, don’t you think it would’ve
taken them more than 5000 years to protest against this “discrimination”?
The point is that women were more humble then. Women have lost that
virtue. It’s sick how abortion, feminism to be more exact, looks down
upon mothers and virgins. If they didn’t look down upon them, we
wouldn’t have this holocaust. They like to praise women who do a man’s
work and look down on women who stay home and take care of the child.

The fact is that being a mother is the most beautiful thing you can
be. Every woman should be AGAINST abortion. A mother always sees the
beauty of a human being more than the man. It’s because a woman is
made to be a mother, either literally or spiritually. She has the arms
to hold a baby. It sickens me how this “feminism” crap brainwashed
women. The truth is that there is nothing feminine about feminism.
Feminism is masculinized womanhood. Abortion is against womanhood. What
we need is good philosophy on women, and that is, to get back to the
virtues that women once had. They should embrace meekness, love life,
and protect life. This is why I am pro-life, because I embrace what I
have learned from true women, which are mothers.